Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken needle, manufactured from hollow bone. The distal end is sharp. There is a fragment missing from the proximal end, possibly a broken eye.
Broken threader, long portion remaining with sharpened distal end. Broken around the proximal end.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining, tip not present.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.
Pacific
sandals for fishing
Taoka whakarākei
Broken bone pendant, upper portion remaining. Straight with suspension hole. Shallow groove along one side.
Complete gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of straight bird bone. A small portion near one end is hollow with a crack down the centre. The rest of the piece is split, and it is worked to a point at the other end.
Complete but worn curved fishhook point.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip missing.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, fragment of one end remaining. Partial perforation at top. Cutting marks on surface.
Complete bone flute. Finished at both ends, though one end is chipped and cracked. There are three perforations along the top.
Complete but unfinished flute. Ends are partially cut on one side. Vertical striations at one end. No perforations.
Broken curved fishhook, with only shaft remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point. Internal fragment of base broken off, tip not present.
Complete, straight fishhook point with lower, external notches.
